I was crank called by the Hon Premier Paula Cox tonight. It rather spoiled my dinner. Well, actually it was a tape recorded message inviting me to join a town hall meeting at Warwick Workmans Club. The PLP made extensive use of “robocalling” in the last election to get out the party faithful to vote. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bermuda Politics'
Good Governance Act 2011
July 15th, 2011 · Comments Off · Accountability, Bermuda Politics
The Web has been around for 20 years now. It’s a pity the Bermuda Government has yet to use it to distribute the bills that have been tabled for debate in the House of Assembly, nevermind to inform the public regarding what happens in our Legislature. Government issued an RFP back in 2008 for a [...]
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Urgency
July 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · Accountability, Bermuda Politics
In the House of Assembly last Friday, Premier Cox said the PLP would urgently press forward with Good Governance legislation “to stamp any unethical behaviour out of her Government.” She added “that Bermuda has agreed in principle to be included in the UN Convention against Corruption.” The issue of good governance laws was raised with [...]
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Coincidence
July 7th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Health
There was surprise in the House last week when Health Minister Zane DeSilva announced that he was adding Brazil, India, and Israel to the list of countries allowed for importation of pharmaceuticals, with immediate effect. Stakeholders in the health sector have raised alarm about consultation, which is both traditional and prudent in such matters. Nevertheless, [...]
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Tease
July 4th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Throughout the constant circus and ethics eruptions of the past ten years, the PLP has been reticent to address some of the glaring weaknesses in Bermuda governance structure. A billion dollars later, the PLP needs desperately to override the questions about where the money went. What better than a tease like this: Laws to protect [...]
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Lingering Doubts
July 1st, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
A major survey commissioned by The Gleaner in Jamaica found that, nearly 50 years after independence, more than 60 percent of Jamaicans felt the country would have been better off if it had stayed under British rule. Only 17 percent of those surveyed said the country would be worse off had it remained a colony. [...]
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Public Accountability Act
July 1st, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Business
The PLP’s urge to spin is overwhelming. This morning Paula Cox tabled the Public Accountability Act in the House. On the surface, this sounds phenomenal … because we all know our Government needs to be more accountable to the public! I mean, where did that billion dollars go? Except that’s not what it’s about. The [...]
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Cox’s Dilemma
June 29th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Let’s face it, the PLP were not elected on the basis of their competence to govern. They were elected because of what they stood for. After 12 years in power, the chickens are coming home to roost from the PLP’s exuberant spending and lack of accountability. Here is Cox’s Dilemma: The size of Government has [...]
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Lipstick on a Pig
June 27th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Government has borrowed another $200,000,000. This brings Bermuda’s debt to around $1,190,000,000 (and that’s before you count all the unfunded obligations like pensions.) I am dumbfounded by the spin doctors’ attempts to position the PLP’s continuing mismanagement as an example of “Buy Bermuda”! Well, the PLP did say they’d take it all the way.
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Jewing Down
June 20th, 2011 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
The quality of discourse in the Bermuda House of Assembly is admittedly quite low. I think their standards may have hit a new depth on Friday when a Government Minister described another MP’s criticisms of the PLP’s financial performance as “Jewing down.” Seriously. After a stunned response from Opposition, the Minister withdrew the comment. But, [...]
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